MACOUPIN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) -- A Macoupin County man was arrested earlier this month and is now facing charges for possessing and sharing child sexual abuse materials. Illinois State Police searched 48-year-old James Barnard's home on April 1. He was taken into custody on-scene, in the 200 block of North Harrison Street in Girard. Special [...]
If voters reject the measure, the tax would be phased out over the next 10 years, forcing City Hall to either replace the revenue with another source or make deep cuts to services.
ST. LOUIS -- Polls are now closed in Missouri’s April 2026 municipal elections. Voters across the St. Louis region weighed in on mayoral races, city council and school board seats, and multiple tax and funding measures. This page will be updated with results by municipality and county as they are reported and confirmed by local [...]
The city of Alton is weighing a proposal to reduce its financial contribution to the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, a move city officials say requires further review before any decision is made.
A judge this month denied a new trial after a recent multi-million-dollar jury verdict involving a 2019 hospital assault. A former housekeeper reported being attacked by a mental health patient inside the behavioral health unit of SSM DePaul Hospital. It wasn’t just the one worker who claimed it.
Two St. Louis County men have been ordered to appear in court next month after being arrested for stunt driving in a street takeover this past weekend.
President Trump said Tuesday that he would “suspend” an escalation of attacks on Iran for two weeks as long as Iran agrees to open the Strait of Hormuz. In a Truth Social post less than two hours before his 8 p.m. EDT deadline for Iran to make a deal to open the strait, the president [...]
This weekend was… how do I put this… highly uneventful.I had every intention—every intention—of going out to the Miners Theater to see Lern and Mark Klose do their thing.I was…